The active participation of demand-side flexible resources in the wholesale market price formation and load dispatch process is crucial to encouraging participation. This calls for a joint supply-demand coordination mechanism fully take advantage distribution systems, including distributed energy (DERs) responsive loads (RLs). paper aims at comparing evaluating centralized transactive distribut...

Restructuring in the power industry is followed by splitting different parts and creating a competition between purchasing and selling sections. As a consequence, through an active participation in the energy market, the service provider companies and large consumers create a context for overcoming the problems resulted from lack of demand side participation in the market. The most prominent ch...

this paper describes a new method for the evaluation of non-utility generation impacts on preventive-corrective control of power systems. the proposed method relies on a mixed integer nonlinear optimization and is capable of recognizing the effectiveness of demand side preventive-corrective actions. a number of cases are presented to illustrate the consequences of introducing demand side action...

In South Sudan, child marriage is often positioned as a cultural practice tied to conflict and displacement well gender norms affirming that girls should marry. Based on findings of multi-sectoral assessment conducted by Save the Children in Rumbek, Torit, Malualkon, Bor Kapoeta, our paper draws attention multiple, connected drivers marriage. Drawing specifically related marriage, we suggest ne...